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… THE LAND IN NUMBERS LIVELIHOODS AT A TIPPING POINT FOREWORD … the numbers highlight how much we rely on productive land. Amongst other valuable services, land feeds our … the world declare that climate change impacts – like land degradation and drought - are national security issues.2 • In …

… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and sustainable … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and …

… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … legal framework for tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, 169 of its 194 Parties have declared …

… burning of fossil fuels and changes in land cover—are modifying the concentration of atmospheric … W O RL D B A N K period results from fossil fuel use, with land use change providing another signifi cant but smaller … of future climate change, there will be increased land degradation owing to droughts and increased soil erosion …

… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue that holds our societies together. Reversing the effects of land degradation and desertification through sustainable land …

… or loss of biological or economic productivity of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The … deserts. The Convention defines desertification as, “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas …

… better livelihoods through conservation rather than from degradation of such resources. This is well articulated in … of India of ecosystems. For instance, when forest land is diverted or Afforestation (CA) over at least equal land area as the diverted forest land. In addition, a Net …

… a number of conventions dealing with matters related to land degradation, desertification and/or drought, such as the … focusing specifically on the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought is the United Nations Convention …

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … of the United States, because of serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem. The most recent … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … in the region. Legislation is necessary to stop their degradation and destruction. In planning for their …